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Title: New .22-250 Remington. . .what ammo do you guys shoot???
Post by: atomicjoe23 on January 15, 2009, 09:44:20 PM

I just got a Weatherby Vanguard Varmint. . .20" (maybe 22". . .doesn't say on the barrel or the box and I haven't measured it yet, but it's not a long varrel) #3 contour barrel in .22-250 Remington. . .

. . .gotta get a scope and a bipod, but I would like to know what the other .22-250 shooters are using. . .

. . .brand, bullet weight, sighted in at. . .drops, etc. . .

Thanks!!!

Title: Re: New .22-250 Remington. . .what ammo do you guys shoot???
Post by: dbur525 on January 16, 2009, 12:30:57 AM

i shoot 50 and  55 grain spitzers sighted in at 1.100 high at a hundred yards its dead on at 250 yards   it an inch low at 350 yards
these are handlloads using varget powder cci primers muzzle velocity about 3500

deadly acurate

Title: Re: New .22-250 Remington. . .what ammo do you guys shoot???
Post by: demontang on January 16, 2009, 08:26:39 AM

50-55gr noslers bt are what I was shooting, Hornady's or Federals have bt loaded up for it too.

Title: Re: New .22-250 Remington. . .what ammo do you guys shoot???
Post by: SpokaneSlayer on January 16, 2009, 08:36:22 AM

I shoot 55 gr Winchester silvertips out of my Savage.  Likes it pretty well. 

Title: Re: New .22-250 Remington. . .what ammo do you guys shoot???
Post by: Fitz on January 16, 2009, 08:56:12 AM

Hornady V-Max 50 gr shoots the best in mine.

Title: Re: New .22-250 Remington. . .what ammo do you guys shoot???
Post by: atomicjoe23 on January 16, 2009, 09:19:59 AM

Thanks guys. . .I was planning on shooting the 55 grain BT's because they have a higher BC and looked to have the best ballistic's charts of all the factory loaded bullet weights. . .looks like you guys are shooting the same thing so I must not be too far off in my thinking.

Thanks again!!!

Title: Re: New .22-250 Remington. . .what ammo do you guys shoot???
Post by: Bofire on January 16, 2009, 10:54:24 AM

 :)45 -55 grain, I like Noslers, Sierras. in factory loads like winny white box 45 and Hornady Varmit express 55.

My 22-250 must be real slow tho. ;)
my 55 grain load is at:
3650 fps      2 inch high at 100,  dead nuts about 230-250 ,  3-5 inch low at 300, 12-14 low at 400.

All my books and shooting experience tell me that  1.1 high at 100 is on at 200, 5-6 low at 300, and 16-18 low at 400.

The 45 grain seems to drop a little more past 300 yards, not much.
This is a great cartridge, one of my all time favs, but it aint magic.
Carl